Essential Knife Skills Every Home Cook MUST Know

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 How to hold a knife
2:50 Dice
6:15 Brunoise
7:22 Julienne
9:15 Oblique
10:52 Bias
11:24 Lagerstrom 8” Chefs Knife
13:14 Mince
14:32 Cherry tomatoes
15:44 Zucchini
16:38 Bell pepper

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#knifeskills

[gbfilms]

Can’t believe you had the budget to hire Lorn for the Ad

[NathanSpiwak]

OMG, I love the home commercial in the middle! Lorn's cameo is great!

[uniferunifies]

On the website: "Due to international tax collection that, tbh, we don't understand, we're only able to ship to the USA at this time. " lol

[bricklayerpayne]

I just ordered my Brian Lagerstrom Home Goods 8" Chef's Knife and even before it has arrived I feel like I am a better cook. It is improving my cooking even without being here yet. People say they've never seen prettier cuts and Frenchier juliennes. Plus, it has improved my self-confidence. Women like me more, and my boss at work gave me a promotion because I was doing my job better. Truly there is nothing the Brian Lagerstrom Home Goods 8" Chef's Knife can't do. Thank you, Chef Brian!

[doctajuice]

I'm a chef with over 20 years of experience and I already know all the information in this video but here I am watching just bc Brian is entertaining. Love this stuff

[paulbonge]

Happened on this video rather accidentally and I love watching these types of videos. I've been doing this for over 40 years so it's not like I need them but I always feel like there are not enough of these videos out there. I see so many of my friends that are competent home cooks, awkwardly cutting and chopping and dicing, slowly and always with some trepidation, as if their knife will ambush them with a sneak attack. I've tried showing some how to hold the knife and use it properly, only to be told most times, I've always done it this way and it works for me. After 5 minutes slowly cutting away, they have only one of 4 stalks of celery chopped. Many people shy away from cooking at home simply because of poor knife skills and the inordinate amount of time it takes them to prep. Oblique cut! I love it! And I was formulating what I'd say, and YOU said it! I love it for any rustic cooking, farmhouse pot au feu, ragouts, braised whole rabbit with onions, carrots and a white wine, mustard final steam/deglaze. I heard of the takeout lid cherry tomato slicing trick years ago but I still find myself laboriously slicing them one at a time and I've got plenty of those quart sized container lids around my kitchens. BTW you got your cardinal points wrong on the onion, the root end is the bottom, and the stalk end is the top LOL.

[brendaf]

Just the video I need. My knife skills suck but I'm a decent cook. Your knife is on the way to me YAY! I've made a ton of your recipes and they have all been delicious. I'm a better cook because of you. Thank you.

[GenXSkeptic]

Loved the commercial. Your sense of humor is refreshing.

[adampetzinger]

LMAO the infomercial vibe is magnificent!

[Gaggingonacorpse]

Bought the knife basically as soon as it dropped! Got it last week, been using it nonstop! I love it! You're the man, bri! Love everything you're doing, and if you ever drop a pan set or anything else, will definitely be buying it!

[markwilkins]

Love your channel Brian, also enjoy Lauren’s cameos. Thank you. I understand and appreciate your drive for perfection, but to be honest, as a home cook I would love to see more Brian off the cuff. We know how talented you are. Show us your mistakes and failures. I think it helps motivate those of us who love to cook but might be intimidated or afraid of failure. Thanks again, keep up the great work.

[David-khgk]

I went to culinary school. I know everything he taught and more. I still watched like a new student 😊

[JML]

Brian, I swear that I am thrilled! I cannot believe I'm watching this. Another cook who understands this truth. Knife control is blade leverage. Have the leverage, have control. Cut yourself, blame yourself, not the knife.

That is how you hold a knife. 35 years ago I worked for and learned from a 70-year-old Italian who never called himself a chef, but my God he made amazing food. He owned a locally famous restaurant that was beloved in Stuart, Florida.
Everything was about organization And preparation not amount of effort or complication once you're cooking.

Preparation and patience for what needs patience. He had massive impatience problems for everything else😂 . Do not mess with his marinara, it knows when it's done.

I have tried to share the secret of this is how you hold a knife ever since Joe taught me. This is how you make precise cuts, paper thin slices If wanted and you never hurt yourself. (After the first time) And that teaches your left hand claw technique.

Thank you for having this opinion in this day and age because you are absolutely correct Brian.
Not even my family will listen to me that this is how you hold a knife when you prep food because it gives you complete control of the blade.

[carolsze]

My mother taught me how to properly chop vegetables mostly using a cleaver. In Chinese to say a knife is sharp is to say it is quick. This is a great video. Perhaps another on various ways to cut meat/fish. Thank you!

[JohnMcLaughlinPlus]

I can't believe I went my entire life holding a knife wrong. It's really been amazing how much more control and comfort it is to use your knife holding method. Thanks.

(the only downside is now when I watch someone on a video cooking holding the knife wrong I want to scream at them "you are doing it wrong!!")

[aaron]

Probably the most comprehensive techniques video on knife skills. Excellent. I only knew like half of these.

[karenfox]

You guys are soooo crazy! Love the tips and the new commercial spot

[tamaandjou]

I am a culinary chef and I agree totally with the way he handles the knife and how he cut vegetables. I do the same ! Good video

[catiesmith]

Wow…this was SO helpful. It showed me far better (and safer) ways to cut food and I also loved hearing WHY food is cut that way. For example: dicing a shallot gives you the flavor when you don’t want that texture. Genius! Thanks….i feel inspired.

[petersmedley]

Charismatic, clearly explained, good, helpful camera work and editing and generous with your time and knowledge. Thankyou!